JamesRobot | 5,800 Events Team · Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 54 minutes ago, Murray said: If @JamesRobot ever grabs tickets Been had tickets. @Richardhead is going too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead | 2,813 Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, JamesRobot said: Been had tickets. @Richardhead is going too. Pretty sure I said I wasn’t going. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,800 Events Team · Posted May 6, 2023 Share Posted May 6, 2023 Just now, Richardhead said: Pretty sure I said I wasn’t going. Pretty sure you're going. There's a ticket here for you. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,533 Editorials Team · Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 #20: Dio - Rainbow in the Dark (1983) One of those seminal songs/albums that was no doubt responsible for most of us getting into metal in the first place. You hear the title and immediately hear that keyboard melody in your head. Honorable mentions: Holy Diver, The Last in Line, Don't Talk to Strangers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,986 Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 Oof Dio at 20. This list is absolutely bonkers I mean I definitely couldn’t do a list like this but there’s no way I could feel good with Dio at 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,533 Editorials Team · Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 15 minutes ago, Brickman said: Oof Dio at 20. This list is absolutely bonkers I mean I definitely couldn’t do a list like this but there’s no way I could feel good with Dio at 20. I mean, if I claimed to listen to Rainbow in the Dark more than the song I have at #19, it would just be a lie that's conforming to what a quote unquote "top metal song" list is supposed to look like. I ain't living no lie! This is 100% authentic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,986 Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: I mean, if I claimed to listen to Rainbow in the Dark more than the song I have at #19, it would just be a lie that's conforming to what a quote unquote "top metal song" list is supposed to look like. I ain't living no lie! This is 100% authentic So this is just based off how many times you have listened to a song? Maybe I’m different but there’s no way number of plays of a song = where I would rank the song. Especially considering I may only discover a band later vs when I was a teenager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,533 Editorials Team · Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 Fixing the title of the thread since it clearly had @Brickman confused 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,533 Editorials Team · Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 21 minutes ago, Brickman said: So this is just based off how many times you have listened to a song? Maybe I’m different but there’s no way number of plays of a song = where I would rank the song. Especially considering I may only discover a band later vs when I was a teenager. No, it's favorites, but the rate I listen to songs is usually a strong indicator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,986 Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 14 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: No, it's favorites, but the rate I listen to songs is usually a strong indicator. Yeah this title change makes more sense now haha. It was probably just me but I thought you were trying to rank the songs taking in a lot of different factors like you did for your SNES rankings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,533 Editorials Team · Posted May 8, 2023 Author Share Posted May 8, 2023 #19: Opeth - Bleak (2001) The metal darling of the 2000s. I don't really need to say anything about this track (or Blackwater Park in general), because it's all been said already. This is one of metal's most celebrated albums for a reason. So I'll just leave us with this wonderful live version that is hopefully new to some of you. Honorable mentions: Blackwater Park, Demon of the Fall, Ghost of Perdition 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,533 Editorials Team · Posted May 8, 2023 Author Share Posted May 8, 2023 I started a few games lists. Top 100 games, one per franchise. Top 100 games you should play (this could be a lot of things). Top 100 cult classics. I wasn't happy with any of them. I think "Reed's 100 favorite games", unordered, is gonna be the best bet. Lots of great games, some sleepers, and most importantly... No one crying because Mario 3 isn't high enough or Dragon Age is too high. As if they would have a better opinion than me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 924 Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 6 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: #19: Opeth - Bleak (2001) The metal darling of the 2000s. I don't really need to say anything about this track (or Blackwater Park in general), because it's all been said already. This is one of metal's most celebrated albums for a reason. So I'll just leave us with this wonderful live version that is hopefully new to some of you. Honorable mentions: Blackwater Park, Demon of the Fall, Ghost of Perdition Another one of my favs. Kinda bummed the direction they went in. I love prog stuff but that isn't is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,986 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: I think "Reed's 100 favorite games", unordered, is gonna be the best bet. Lots of great games, some sleepers, and most importantly... No one crying because Mario 3 isn't high enough or Dragon Age is too high. As if they would have a better opinion than me Weak! Embrace the eye rolls and outrage you would receive Dragon Age is a fantastic game, do people not like it? I thought it got like 9/10 on most sites when it was released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,846 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 41 minutes ago, Brickman said: Weak! Embrace the eye rolls and outrage you would receive Dragon Age is a fantastic game, do people not like it? I thought it got like 9/10 on most sites when it was released. Hell yeah. Half the fun is talking shit about where you ranked stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,779 Administrator · Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Yo who talkin shi bou Dragon Age? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Reed Rothchild | 9,533 Editorials Team · Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 #18: Blind Guardian - And the Story Ends (1995) The kings of power metal. I've owned a lot of power metal. As in, the complete libraries of Sonata Arctica, Jag Panzer, Kamelot, Iced Earth, and many others. Stuff from Edguy, Rhapsody, Hammerfall, Delain, Avantasia, and a hundred others. I have a buddy who constantly feeds me the stuff. And overall, I find it to be pretty hit or miss. A lot of it can't connect with me because I don't really care what they're going for. But Blind Guardian always delivers. If you're going to go big, it needs to feel epic. And these guys are the king of epic. This album feels like a greatest hits compilation of big epic numbers; I could have gone with literally any of the tracks here. And the fact that they did this all the way back in 1995 just blows my mind. Every album since has revisited the same ground since they already had it perfected long ago. Honorable mentions: Nightfall, Mordred's Song, Under the Ice 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,779 Administrator · Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 So so many amazing BG songs. The flow to many of them is just perfection. Gonna go give em a nice long listen. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,986 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 17 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,533 Editorials Team · Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 33 minutes ago, Brickman said: I'm just warning you now. If Deadly Premonition is higher than Mario 3, it's because I'm cool and handsome and everyone who disagrees is a pleb casual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,986 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said: I'm just warning you now. If Deadly Premonition is higher than Mario 3, it's because I'm cool and handsome and everyone who disagrees is a pleb casual. I probably won’t agree with some of your rankings but it gets the people talking and debating. You throw the grenade and just watch the carnage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,846 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 6 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said: #18: Blind Guardian - And the Story Ends (1995) The kings of power metal. I've owned a lot of power metal. As in, the complete libraries of Sonata Arctica, Jag Panzer, Kamelot, Iced Earth, and many others. Stuff from Edguy, Rhapsody, Hammerfall, Delain, Avantasia, and a hundred others. I have a buddy who constantly feeds me the stuff. And overall, I find it to be pretty hit or miss. A lot of it can't connect with me because I don't really care what they're going for. But Blind Guardian always delivers. If you're going to go big, it needs to feel epic. And these guys are the king of epic. This album feels like a greatest hits compilation of big epic numbers; I could have gone with literally any of the tracks here. And the fact that they did this all the way back in 1995 just blows my mind. Every album since has revisited the same ground since they already had it perfected long ago. Honorable mentions: Nightfall, Mordred's Song, Under the Ice This was my first Blind Guardian album. Got it in the 56k Napster days. Probably took 3 days to download. Still one of my favorites by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,533 Editorials Team · Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 #17: Strapping Young Lad - Love? (2005) DT's other thing. I thought it was worth a separate entry. Or I just wanted an excuse to select another song. The crushing heaviness of this song is sublime. I don't know if this is the heaviest song on the list (or of all time), but it's in the running. Devin kills it on vocals, as usual. Gene's doing his thing like machine. All in all, I bet I've listened to this track at least three hundred times over the decades. Honorable mentions: Oh My Fucking God, All Hail the New Flesh, Almost Again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kguillemette | 1,544 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 I've been way too busy to keep commenting, but man does it tickle my insides to see this in the top 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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